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in South I^outh. The others are TuUyesker (6i6 feet), about 

 six miles from the coast, and Clogher Head (209 feet), the ex- 

 treme eastern point. On the north-west side of Castlecoo 

 there is a wide stretch of barren boggy moor — drear}^ to the 

 eye, and unproductive in two senses — agriculturally and en- 

 tomologically. I could get almost no beetles here except 

 Anchovieni, and they were abundant enough. I took some 

 good weevils on Castlecoo, notably a fine Rynchites ccneovirens^ 

 swept from bramble, a couple oi Brachysonms echinatus, several 

 Liosomus ovatulus from Ramtnculacece, a series of Strophoso- 

 tmis coryli, two or three Sciaphihis muricattcs, and several ^5^;^^- 

 peithes bfunriipes. R. ceneovi7'ens I had previously taken (a 

 single insect only), in County Dublin. The latter example is 

 smaller than that from I^outh, and has a very distinctly bluish 

 tint. Possibly it should be referred to the v2iX\Q\.y fragaricB. 

 Nine species of Apio7i occurred. All these, with one ex- 

 ception, I had taken in -Co. Dublin. The exception is A. 

 nmiiatuni, which abounds on plantains in the sandy com- 

 mons. This is a difficult genus to work out correctly, and I 

 am not sure that I have properly named all my speci- 

 mens. Sweeping Gejiista tinctoria, Eivditwt cicutarium, 

 etc., and shaking rubbish near the shore yielded me several 

 Sitones—S. griseus, S. crinitus, S. tibialis^ S. hispidultis, 

 and kS. piLncticollis. S. hispidulus sems less maritime in its 

 habitat than the others, occurring most abundantly at roots of 

 grass in inland pastures. kS. lineatus was, as usual, ever3^where. 

 Barynotus obscuriis and B. viccrens I took rather commonly in 

 cultivated ground ; the latter, though usually reckoned the 

 rarer British species, being much commoner than the former. 

 It seems to have a fancy for mangel-wurzel, the beetle being 

 often turned up under sods in mangold and turnip fields. 

 Hypera punctata, another insect usually found at roots of tre- 

 foil and wild strawberry, seems to have a liking for the turnip. 

 I found two of its larvae on the under side of a turnip leaf 

 in a plant that was running to seed. Several other members 

 of this genus occurred, notably H. 7umicis, H. trilineata^ 

 H. vaidabilis, H. imtjina, H. polygoni, and inevitably H. nigri- 

 ivstris. H. inurina I have named on a single specimen only, and 

 I am inclined to consider ni}^ insect (and the specific tj^pe gene- 

 rally), merely an extreme variety oiH. variabilis. The distinc- 

 tion between these species seems, at most, to be one of size only. 

 Mecinus pyraster, a beetle fairly common in Co. Dublin, I took 

 abundantly on TuUyesker; and Tychiiis picirostris {inico tragus, 

 Schon.) once near the shore, together with a single specimen 

 of Cneorrlmius geviinatus . This latter (a male) is much smaller 

 than my Wicklow specimens of the same sex, is much lighter 

 in colour, and has a ver^^ feeble thoracic puncturation. I hope 

 to explore the locality again for further examples ; it would be 

 interesting to find whether these differences are not really 

 accidental. Orchestes fagi was the only member of its genus I 



